Hungar’s Orban Seeks to Cement Rule With Midnight Legislative Raid
- Cabinet proposes unexpected changes to constitution, elections
- Orban is under fire over democracy and virus response
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A minute before midnight, with Hungarians on edge to find out how a Covid-19 lockdown would upend their lives, Prime Minister Viktor Orban made one of his trademark power plays.
In a rush of legislative activity, his government moved to change the electoral law, enshrine Christian religious doctrine on gender and marriage in the constitution, temporarily ban demonstrations, revamp court procedures and loosen rules governing public funds.